O
O'Colmain Bj
Researcher at George Washington University
Publications - 8
Citations - 10156
O'Colmain Bj is an academic researcher from George Washington University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Macular degeneration. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 8 publications receiving 9595 citations.
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Causes and prevalence of visual impairment among adults in the United States.
Nathan Congdon,O'Colmain Bj,Caroline C W Klaver,Ronald Klein,Beatriz Munoz,David S. Friedman,John H. Kempen,Hugh R. Taylor,Paul Mitchell +8 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of visual disabilities will increase markedly during the next 20 years, owing largely to the aging of the US population.
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Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in the United States.
David S. Friedman,O'Colmain Bj,Beatriz Munoz,Sandra C. Tomany,Catherine A. McCarty,de Jong Pt,de Jong Pt,de Jong Pt,Barbara Nemesure,Paul Mitchell,Paul Mitchell,John H. Kempen +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the prevalence and distribution of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the United States by age, race/ethnicity, and gender was estimated.
Prevalence of agerelated macular degeneration in the united states
TL;DR: Age-related macular degeneration was far more prevalent among white than among black persons, and the number of persons having AMD will increase by 50% to 2.95 million in 2020.
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The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy among adults in the United States.
John H. Kempen,O'Colmain Bj,M. C. Leske,S. M. Haffner,Ronald Klein,Scot E. Moss,Hugh R. Taylor,Richard F. Hamman +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy among adults 40 years and older in the United States was estimated by pooled analysis of data from 8 population-based eye surveys.
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Prevalence of open-angle glaucoma among adults in the United States.
David S. Friedman,Roger C. W. Wolfs,O'Colmain Bj,Barbara E.K. Klein,Hugh R. Taylor,Sheila G. West,M. C. Leske,Paul Mitchell,Nathan Congdon,John H. Kempen +9 more
TL;DR: Open-angle glaucoma affects more than 2 million individuals in the United States and, due to the rapid aging of the US population, this number will increase to more than 3 million by 2020.